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Irish Paralympic team announced

Wednesday, 16 July 2008

The Irish team for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing has been officially announced.
Forty-five elite athletes across nine sports will represent us at the Beijing Games that get underway on September 6 and will run for 12 days. The Paralympic Games are elite Olympic style sports events for elite athletes with physical disabilities, or visual impairment, emphasising athletic achievement rather than disability.
l BEIJING BOUND: Pictured at the team announcement is Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen, and some of the athletes (front row, from left), Richard Whealey (sailing), Eimear Breathnach (table tennis) and Patrice Dockery (100m, 200m and 400m; (back row, from left), Cathal Miller (cycling), Jonathan Cummings (swimming), Lisa Callaghan (javelin), Sean Heary (archery) and Eilish Byrne (equestrian).
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN LAWLESS / SPORTSFILE

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